Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Mocai in India is the name of a plant defined with Ceiba pentandra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eriodendron pentandrum (Linn.) Kurz (among others).

2) Mocai is also identified with Indigofera tinctoria It has the synonym Indigofera bergii Vatke (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Sem. Hort. Berol. App. (1876)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· The Religion. (1971)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (2000)
· Flora of the Southern United States (1860)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mocai, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Mōcai (மோசை) noun < mōcā.

1. See மோசையிலவம். (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [mosaiyilavam. (vaithiya muligai)]

2. Indian indigo. See அவுரி. (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [avuri. (vaithiya muligai)]

3. Sweet flag; வசம்பு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [vasambu. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

4. Plantain. See மோசம்² [mosam²],

2. (வைத்திய மூலிகை [vaithiya muligai])

5. Finger-ornament, probably of the shape of plantain-flower; விரலணிவகை. மகளிர் . . . மெல்விரல் மோசை போல [viralanivagai. magalir . . . melviral mosai pola] (நற்றிணை [narrinai] 188). முற்றிவளை மோசைமுதற் கங்காளன் [murrivalai mosaimuthar kangalan] (திருக்காளத்தி நாதருலா [thirukkalathi natharula], 341).

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Mosāi (मोसाइ):—n. → मोस्नु [mosnu]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mocaicceti, Mocaiyilavam.

Ends with: Vanamocai.

Full-text: Mocaiyilavam, Mochai, Moccu, Acakamikam, Civappumoccai, Vanamocai, Vellaimoccai, Moccaikkottai, Umaimani, Moccaiyati, Anutattam, Kumuru, Kulam.

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